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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 537338" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>There is a belief that you only have a hypo when your blood glucose drops below 4.*</p><p></p><p>However, if your body is used to running with high sugar levels, then it gets used to it.</p><p></p><p>If your BG drops sharply, this can trigger 'false hypo' symptoms even when your BG is above the magic number of 4. In that case, it is the sharp drop that triggers the body's reaction, because the BG itself is not particularly low.</p><p></p><p>Did that make sense? If not, one of the sciency boffins may be able to explain it better.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">*i disagree with this. Having had a lot of these so called 'false hypos' I am convinced that some of them are the real deal.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 537338, member: 41816"] There is a belief that you only have a hypo when your blood glucose drops below 4.* However, if your body is used to running with high sugar levels, then it gets used to it. If your BG drops sharply, this can trigger 'false hypo' symptoms even when your BG is above the magic number of 4. In that case, it is the sharp drop that triggers the body's reaction, because the BG itself is not particularly low. Did that make sense? If not, one of the sciency boffins may be able to explain it better. [SIZE=1]*i disagree with this. Having had a lot of these so called 'false hypos' I am convinced that some of them are the real deal.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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